MEDT8461Project3

** Description of Project: **
The third project focused on creating a persuasive speech to show individual viewpoints on a specific topic chosen from three options provided by Dr. Danilo Baylen, professor at West the University of West Georgia. I chose to research current issues and challenges in implementing social media in education and best practices in regards to social media. After researching these topics, I created two separate transcripts to use to create two "elevator speeches." These speeches were delivered as podcasts that were created by using Audacity. Music was added to the beginning of the podcast and was phased out as the "speech" started. The purpose of this activity was to gather research and inform someone of my position in regards to the topics. A reflection paper was written that provided an introduction, reflection, lessons learned and conclusion (see below for content and link).

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__Podcast #1__ - Current Issues/Challenges in Implementing Social Media in Education media type="file" key="MEDT8461_Trice_p3Podcast1.wav" width="300" height="50" __ Transcript for Podcast #1__

__Podcast #2 -__ media type="file" key="MEDT8461_Trice_p3Podcast2mod.wav" width="268" height="53" //I had to take out the music on this because I could not get it to email because of size or post. I did try dropbox and did not have success. Part of the assignment was to tell challenges...this has been a nightmare to try and get it sent and posted. I just do not understand the issue.// __Transcript for Podcast #2__

If you have the opportunity to grab the ear of someone influential in your organization and to be able to share with the your passion and ideas for innovation may not be an opportunity that comes along everyday. With this being said, you should be prepared - know your facts, know you position and know your plan for implementation. Below are links to two podcasts that are "elevator speeches" to educate and encourage someone about an innovation, specifically current issues and challenges in implementing social media and best practices. A copy of the transcript is also linked below each podcast. The purpose of this activity is to practice your manner in which you persuade and impress upon people current trends and how you plan to move your organization forward. It is important to present the good and the bad about your topic because this will help show that you have researched both the pros and cons of an idea or trend and you have thought about different strategies in order ensure a successful launch of ideas.
 * Introduction **

Overall, this was a pretty easy assignment: pick a topic, research it, come up with a speech to promote it, and delivery a "plea" to someone that has power to help spread your idea. The idea of promoting ideas sounds simple in itself, but the sell can be difficult. It is important to remember that being passionate about something is important but knowing facts that support that idea are just as important. Presenting such an idea should align with your organization's vision and mission statements rather than just being your own. The key here is to gain support so you have buy in from people and they can help be the Early Adopters and the Early Majority. Creating a "practice" podcast is a good idea to listen to and see where your confidence and strength are in your presentation. It will also show the weaknesses in your speech -are you presenting the material in a clear and understandable way? Does your passion show? Are you able to align this with the organization's vision and mission? Can you get buy in from the masses...and if not, do you have a plan to get everyone on board?
 * Conclusion and Reflection **

There were many lessons learned in this process. The most important is to filter out information and come up with a clear a concise "message" to present. It should not be self-serving but rather aligning with the organization. I had some issues "tailoring" the speech down and refining my main points. If you have the ear of someone influential in your organization, being well prepared is essential if you want to be viewed as a leader, specifically one leading innovations. I also had a little bit of an issue in the research process. I gathered a lot of articles and I may not have cited each one within the speech but reviewing them did give me ideas. I was surprised how difficult it was to find articles on actual best practices, I found specific information regarding tools but not overall. Based on my research, I went back and forth between doing best practices and how it's role in enhancing teaching and learning. The topic of current issues/challenges came easy to me. Podcasting is a relatively easy tool to create an audio file. I have used it as a main tool when I was a teacher a lot, I did struggle a little with the music component, so I took the easy way out and had my iPhone play. However, the idea of adding music does frame the speech well and it does make it sound more professional so I would like to play around with this idea. I typically talk very fast (a product of being raised in the north) and so I had to do several takes and retakes. However, having the script was very helpful.

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Anderson, S. (n.d.). How to create social media guidelines for our school. In Edutopia. Retrieved June 18, 2013, from http://www.edutopia.org/how-to-create-social-media-guidelines-school. ======

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Bourgeois, M., & Hunt, B. (2011, October). Teaching 2.0:Teams keep teachers and students plugged into technology [Electronic version]. Journal of Staff Development, 32(5), 34-37. ======

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Granados, N., & Gupta, A. Transparency strategy: Competing with the information in a digital world [Electronic version]. MIS Quarterly, 37(2), 637-642. ======

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McGee, P., & Reis, A. (2012). Blended course design: A synthesis of best practices [Electronic version]. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 16(4), 7-22. ======

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Merelo, J. J., Montes, R., & Tricas, F. (n.d.). Teaching social media: Best practices. In ResearchGate. Retrieved June 29, 2013, from http:/www.researchgate.net/publication/ 230815876_Teaching_and_social_Media_Best_Practices ======

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School principals and social networking in education: Practices, policies and realities in 2010 (2010). In edWeb. Retrieved June 18, 2013, from http://www.edweb.net/fimages/op/PrincipalsandSocialNetworkingReport.pdf ======

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Shinsky, E. J., & Stevens, H. A. (2011, December). Teaching in educational leadership using Web 2.0 applications: Perspectives on what works [Electronic version]. Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 6(5), 195-215. ======

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About the Author
Suzanne Trice is an Associate Dean at Pinkerton Academy in southern New Hampshire, about 35 minutes north of Boston. Her teaching experience was teaching social studies where she taught both middle and high school outside of Atlanta, Georgia in Cobb County. While teaching, she enjoyed differentiated teaching techniques and became very interested in integrating technology into her classes. After 12 years of teaching, Suzanne moved to New Hampshire, a place where she vacationed since she was 9 years old. She has had the opportunity at Pinkerton Academy to share her knowledge about technology in many different ways including writing a social media policy for both students and teachers, chairs the Technology Integration committees, and planned a Technology Workshop day for 300 staff members showcasing 18 different Web 2.0 and social media tools. It is her desire to continue her education in technology so that she can continue to provide professional development for teachers in the area of technology integration into their classroom teaching. Suzanne would like to also take her leadership experience and work in higher education working wth pre-service teachers in the use of technology in education.